Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 12:56:55 +1100 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What are the advantages of ELF kernels? Message-ID: <19990117125655.B28086@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <36A0AA7F.8BEB975C@uk.radan.com>; from Mark Ovens on Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 03:04:31PM %2B0000 References: <199901150819.TAA06812@ska.bsn> <369F692C.C3D452C6@softweyr.com> <369F8803.81DB0359@uk.radan.com> <369FA811.A675DA24@softweyr.com> <36A0AA7F.8BEB975C@uk.radan.com>
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On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 03:04:31PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > Wes Peters wrote: > > > > Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > > > Wes Peters wrote: > > > > > > > > I have two desktop machines, a SPARCstation 5 and a PII 266 running > > > > FreeBSD. I still prefer the SPARCstation because it has a better > > > > keyboard, but prefer FreeBSD to Slowlaris for everything else. Plus, > > > > the FreeBSD machine is a LOT faster than the SPARC 5. ;^) > > > > > > I'll agree with the observation about the keyboard. Sun do a converter > > > to allow you to use a PC keyboard with a Sun, shame they don't they do > > > one that does the opposite :-(. > > > > > > FWIW, my K6-233 with FreeBSD 2.2.8 is lot faster than my Sparc10 (SunOS > > > 4.1.3_U1), bith with 64MB. Mind you it's not a fair comparison, what was > > > a top of the range PC when Sparc 5 & 10 were top Sun workstations?. > > > That's the comparison you'd have to make. > > > > My home system is a K6/233, and it's a nice quick little beast too. It's > > faster at some things than the PII/266, and slower at others. It also > > has a very nice keyboard made by NMB, say 95% as good as the Sun Type 5, > > but I can't find a local dealer that stocks them anymore. <Sigh> > > > > > BTW, as you're a Sun and FreeBSD user, do you know if it's possible to > > > map the function keys in FreeBSD to perform the functions of L2 - L10 > > > (don't really need L1 ;-) ) on a Sun Keyboard? > > > > In what? Most window managers will let you bind keystrokes to actions, > > and it's certainly easy to do in Emacs. ;^) > > > > In OpenLook (olvwm). I particularly want the Cut, Copy, Paste keys you got this to work .. i;ve tried ever since i found teh bits spread over teh x11 ddirectory on teh packages cd. a quick walk through woukd be apreciatred, please. i'm sure i've missed bits or done thngs wrong, more likely missed relevant chunks. regards and thanks in advance cheers jonathan -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia ===========================================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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